La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 19, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE m CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OUEOON: Fair Muth, un scllled In north portion. to. night and Friday, probably showers along the north coast. ' . ' 1 mtmx VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON .THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 3S tot OPEN Oil 5EPT.6 Children, However, Will . Not Start Until Fol lowing Tuesday ; " IMPROVEMENTS IN i rrfAl ivio mAnu drunkenness, rroseciiior r.wing u. .liUUoliMlO MAIJfij.Colviii began hero today the last New Class Rooms Added and Equipment Reno vatedTeaching Staff . Is Increased. I Only Iwo weeks and two days and summer vacation will end for flu, vMitnesters nf I.H. Orande. lho' ,. - four grade schools and high school "" ' h (i, Superintendent J. T. bongrellow announces yesterday. The children, however, will not go to school un til Tuesday as Monday .will be taken up with a teachers' meeting. . Minor repairs have been com pleted and thu buildings uru now receiving their final cleaning. The floors are being scrubbed with a strong antiseptic solution before being freshly oiled and windows and woodwork are beln; thorough, ly washed. "We plan to mulntalp our past years record of no epl-. demlc in the schools," the schuolj executive said. ? '' v I Iniprovcnicnts Mnijc. ' j At Greenwood' und lllvcrlai - schools the desks are being sund-' piipcrcd und resluined 'und.!varn-j ished. removing all of the dirt. pencil marks and scratches and ! making them lodk like new desks. 'i ins wont will probably be com pleted by the end of this week. Install I took locfccin 1 '. J,UmbJ0(lyvMie-fr,,ll'',,t lnirb'- iiient in the high school building Is Lie Inslallellon of book ltickers for thu students, according io IS. I). Towler, principal. Mr. .'fowler has been principal or thu high school lor five or six years and knows the trouble experienced by students losing their books and other belongings. The price of the lockers will be saved in Iwo or three years time,, the school offi cials believe. . The loeaers are located on Ihe second lioor of Ihe building. One locker will be assigned lo two stu dents as they register Ihe first duy ol' school. They will lie given a. lock and key, nrter paying a de posit which will be returned to Ilium at Ihe end of the school year (Continued on Pago Vivo) RAIN BENEFITS GARDENS, LAWNS IN LA GRANDE p to 7:3'i o'clock this morning a tot.-i I of .fiii inches of rain has rallen III l.a Grande since the long I I dr iipell was broken with showers j ing shop her', probably in tho two days ago. The two-thirds of: Holmes building facing Kim street, an Inch Is nearly three times as I tp Ud today. much rain as fell during the month j Speaking of Iji O ramie. Mr; Kin of July. title said that hi- ha: traveled over Lawns and gardens in Ut Gramlo 1 moyt. of Oregon and California In are greatly" benefited nnd no re- the last few months and said that portf of damage to fruit have yet this city looked more attractive ro been received. him th;m uny other he visited. Commission to Revise Estimate On Sewer Improvement District Itejection of a bid entered on a 'Spnelh and authorization of nn In wcwr project by Harteiibower and j crease In the engineer's estimate 1 ! with subsequent readvertising for More Fall Business 'I'lii summer sen hi Is a I filial nt nu eiiil anil rail, Willi Its requirements in new riot lies, new things for the liomc. new food inrtety. and iipw hixiirtes, wilt bring n biihnss neti by fills year that Is epei'iil by inendiants lo break all rcrunl In l.a rnmle. I 'Inns lmc aullrlMiliMl jour wants with n weaitli of new niert'liamllM and the liilcdll giiit btilntss man ulll tell on of all Dial Is nrw llirnugh I be column of The O'htut, In no oIImt nay can In Ikih to Vn.-i in" im tin ImiIic- Hvtiy Hint has stni-Hil In no oilier way can be hoH to reach eeonniitkally llM' 4(HHl ran ul ti's wIhj will makti Mils a tii-onl business ear. Hp Is Miintl results iHi-ntiM yinir In-len-sl as a trailer Is alnays uit nnallx high In The Ulcrcr. Dbsi-rirr Ailverilslngw A MerchoiidLsliig k.rlft,'' Jurors Will Get Case of Gaines Soon John H. Carmody, De i fense Attorney, Refutes i Testimony in Address ing the Jury. SUATTUC, Auk- 19. (AIO Af ter John I). Carmody und Holier! MacKarlulie, for thu defense, had argued that evidence presented by I he state to show that Wallace C'loyea Guinea killed his 'daughter Kylvia merely showed uu unhuppy 'life und nn advanced stage of speech before leaving lhti jury to decide on a first degree murder charge. 1 SKATTI.K. Aug. 19. (AD John ;H. Carmody. counsel for "Wallace Gaines, who told a. jury lieru yes terday that his client thought Mrs. KHmibct h Gaines, his wire, killed Sy,vtt Gulm.Si i,, lodlly ,,. ho rt.mimod urB,Jmet in trial of . . .... uarnes on a cuarge 01 urav ue- .,) that it the defendant tin,! nnv sueli misnlclon he uls- , . . . carded It Immediately. Carmody said that remarks by Gaines Juno 17, the day aftor the body of Sylvia, Ills daughter, wua found and before the body had been Identified wore made "with- (Continued on Page 6 Mrs, Charles Cl'eSS, , of Glendale, Cal., Most Seriously Hurt in Auto Accident. ir.nniniTi nr UUI1UIIIUI1 Ul ., , ., , ..n'lion asKing tor gasonuo io uise. unar.es . ress. , ' automobile wreck two m OI I..IL l-llttiem j to. j -j are nil on the road to recovery. It is reported by attending physicians today. Mrs. Cre.'-s, who was driving tho carwnen u ove, u.ueu. dislocated shoulder, a fractured.. rib and internal Injuries. Her con- dltlon is ffrave and whelbcr sne will recover will be uncertain for three or four days. Mrs. K. K. Newman, of Holse. UU-., mother of Delia. 12. who was injured, has1 a fractured collarbone umli minor internal Injuries nnd bruises. Mr. Cress has a fractured rib, and his son Harry, 15, ha deep lacerations of the muscles around his right eye und a cut on the cheek. All but Mrs. Cress were resting easy this morning. loi ati:s iti:iti-: J. K1 utile, formerly of Kug'ne. (re., "lias arrived hi at Grande and will Install a plumbing and hal bids featured the city commission , meeting last night. i l-tisl YVV!mRilji- n fir lit was t he I linn for rerelvlnir bidft on sewer I Improieinenl diHriet 3-S. in Wist lk Gnimle le-hlnd the high school. but as no bbls were forthcoming. the mutter was adjourned a wei-k. At that time, announrement was : made that It was doubtful if any , bidder would be able to lake tho 'Job because or the low preliminary Jestimale. I The bid opened utst night whs ! for 3H7.'.!i, nearly r.M) uhovo J the estimate. Kred Spaeth, repre senting the bldillng rnmpany, stat !ed that test holes had ben dug ! und the character of the soil j mostly cement gravel ond bould 1 era beneath three feet of top soil i prevented the possibility of a lowr orfer. ! A motion wiu then made reject ing the hid. providing for a new : engineer's estimate, and authoris ing reiidvcrtislug of bids. fvtlllon I'nxnlifl. A pel it ton for a sidewalk lm. pruvetiK nt illslrlet embracing the j wil side of Sixth street from K 'Slxth street from tJ to ' avenirt to ft avenue and the east side of I was referred lo Ihe city manager, i IMirtng A. T. Hill's absence, t'om ' niissioner Charles I'layle Is serving jus president. FA M I LY OF HIKE KEPT LIP BY BOYS Police Chiefs of Two Cit ies Hear Sordid Story From Kiddies v , FATHER OF TWO ISSUES DENIAL Strong Lecture " Given; Tourist in Local Police , Headquarters -by Clint Haynes. ' , '"--."-v !'',',' Although some 10,001) or more gainful occupations exist In the I'nlted. Stales, Police Chief Cllnl Haynes believes that he has . en-' countered one of the strangest and most sordid of tho entire list. Incidentally, lie also believes thai one of the worst outcropping 'Of the national past I mo-of touring hits also coino to light. Hoys Support Family.' In brief, the story is that two small boys, aged 10 and 11. have been made lo beg and borrow'-gas victuals, money, and other, provi sions for a family of nine, which has been louring the slate on wheels for several months. The father of the lads, a Mr. Hnow. for merly of St. Louis, denies the al-. legations but when asked, whether he believed the boys or their fa Iher. Chief Haynes slid: "I believe the story the kids told.1' .-. No legul action'' was tllken in respect lo the father but-he did re celve a firm lecture, such as only Chief Hnynes. can deliver. The whole thing eamo to ' light, he said, when Ihe ftilitlly-.arrived In l.a Grando'imd the boys.' found no work nor were unublo to ob- tiiliiiany gasollne.-y, . - , "Tho youngsters,' 'ltodo'rieK Hti them lo Pendleton, and said their ruUlcr 8l.t them. They told of traveling- nliout a ffreat. deal and nsscrtcfl that their father ncvor provided decently for thcin. On their western trips tbn hoya forecd tn hunt, odd Jobs In Die ,10,-1, ,vhlrh they passed In order lo provide gasoline, they trild. . money for ltts Itun Awny. Hut they were getting dlBgusted with the whole thing. So, after they failed to find anyone In 1u Grande to help them out, I hey de cided to lenvf the family nnd go cither to Caldwell, Ida.. ' here- a woman wanted to adopt 1 hem, or fo go through to St. lioulfl, when Ihcir grundmother Uvea and would cure for them. Hut they didn't get far on 'lhclr fContlpnd on rn fil RAINlmLPsTb EXTINGUISH FIRE NEAR MAXVILLE With (he aid nf the rain of the past two days, alt of Ihe for est fires In this section are nnd"r eoiilrol. The fire at I'rowlpy' camp, near Maxvllle. which start ed Sunday Is now practically out This fire burned over about 4'HMi acres of cut-over land be longing In the Mowninu-Hlcks Lumber company, Ono hundred and fifty men employed by thc fompa.iy at Mawllle were sent, to tne scene of the fire Sunday find had It under control within -M bouts, before any serious dumugc had been done. Three Arc Found Not Guilty of Larceny Claude Nlckte, l Voting end William Chunks, u ho w re Irled in Ihe justice of paee court yes terday afternoon on charges of larceny of turkeys from the II. Jl Anderson place, were acquitted by the jury. Judge Hugh K. Hmdy preslde-l al the trial. Bogoslof in Eruption In Bering Sea Today nil: I il iv A. Alaska. Aug. 19. (Al') Uegoslof. a volcanic Island on the south side of lierlnar Hea. was In heavy eruption yesterday. The 'eruption wus reported hy the Japanese IL M. Yokohama Msru. und the report reached here lod-iy via St. i'aill Inland. The eruption lieyitn at I o'clock Tuesday afternoon and ha.1 con- ! tinned to 1-3(1 ve.iterdsv afli-rnoon. 'The Yokohama Mam waa II nillea from the Island. The tiering sea putrol of the 'coast giutrd dispatched the coast guard cutler lluldu from here lo llogoslof which is 1 1 DO miles south - west or Cordova. Ht- 1'aul Island Is in the IScring- seu. Boy Bandits Make Escape In Colorado Lester and Forest Gonce, Yeung Criminals, Dofy Large Body of Seai'chei's. 1CKBI0, Colo. Aug. (AF) roaaenu'n, bloodhounds and air plane .(archers : today continued thelryinn hunt" tor two hildffet; wlll-o-! .-wlyp, Lester and For-'-nat, ttoni'v -uKcti .IS and 14, who have terrorized thin . -section and pursutid .a breuth-tuklng career for crime, Toe inore than a week.. . iuiif . ,'n RherltTa ' foruea be-, lievedt ivy had 'cornered the- puir In a'.eSnyou'neHr here last oIkIiI. a' larpe dlosod uuto aped throiiKh the streuls of ltye, a little summer re- 36ft elo! by und from . Its open window - thtt "baby desperadoes" waved ; n urehln-llke Rret tingr to the In v ants. In deflunce of all efforts " cupture them, as they sped wtst, - ft r Finding A Mystery Whcru tho pair conininudeered the uiuchltie Is a mystery. Uiuieh rs near Hye said It upparentty had been pluced In a field by friends of tlio .boys-to vnable them to make Mietr tfet-away,' U bore, no license tit i. ' . Tho two younRsters, fujflllves ftp m Colorado penal Institutions, started on their present career of outlawry a few weeks iiffo nnd to dale It has rivalled the exploits of soma of the. west's most notorious "bad- men.' After shooting their way to freedom when lie In at arrest ed In Garden Cl'y, Kansas, for robbing a filling slittlun, thu pair (Continued on i'ase Foui.) Henry Carpender and Willie Stevens Held in Connection vith Hall Mills Murder. " KOMKUVilJ.K. W. J., Aug. Ill (Al'. Henry de la Itruyt pender, and Willie Steven wen held for the grand jury today on charges of having murdered the I lev, Kdwmd- Wheeler Hull und Mrs. Kteunor K. Mills. County Judge Clenry. before whom .the hearing began lasl l'rl day, said the stale had cHtabltHh ed a prima facie case and one that warranted the attention of the grand jury. , Two ?ciit to .bill Carpender and Stevens were re manded to jnit. State H"natnr Simpson, special prosecutor whi ordered their arrest, said Ji" planned to call a special grand jury and present tn It jis soon as possible the evidence on which the two were held. The , regular grand Jury Is In permanent session und can b ca lied In ,i few da y s. Hut t h special prosecutor said hi would not present his case to this grand Jury "bcrause the members have tallied too much about the cus-.." j Would Itctokc liail Senator Simpson nlso'unnoum'ed that he would move to have re voked the f I a. aim ball on which Mrs. I'Yunces Stevens Hall, widow of the slain rector, was released arter her arrest, on Ihe niurdet churge. Mrs. Tlall Is a cousin ol t he weal t hy broker 'a rpender, and a sister of Ihe eccentric Stevens. Judge Cleary, In announcing his decision said. "It by no means InlJows that I consider Carpender xnd Stevens guilty because J held I hem for the grand Jury. The hearing w as Ihe usual prelimin ary hearing, magnified by the no toriousness of the Hall-Mills cas. The hearing wns unique only In respect to Its length and the pub licity given It. Ilefendtinls Identified. "II was an ex-parly affair. I heard only one side of t he vl dence. Hut tin' defendants were Identified In open court und no judge could Ignore that. I do not feel that I should usurp the powers vested In 2 3 grand jur ors and I preferred to pass t he case to them for investigation and consideration. 11 Is not the Intent of the law that I should pass upon the credentials of wit nesses. Six Killed. 360 Hurt In July Car Wrecks SAI.K.M. "re.. Aug. IV. (Al") Sl people were killed and 31" In jured In Ihe 533 accidents report rd by !'. county and I'ortlund truffle officers during July, arronl- Htutetraffleorrieer. etaolniinuiioln Ing to a rriorl of T. A. Itaffety, ' chief slute (raffle officer. Twenty I five stule trarrlc orflcers spent a total of M7 days in tho field and 'traveled ISH.T2V miles. , GHAND JURORS TO TAKE CASE AMERICAN KILLED III AIRCRASH Passenger Plane Wreck Causes Three Deaths . and Injured 12 . GERMAN EXPRESS LEAVES TRACKS Nineteen Persons Die in Tragic Derailment Be lieved Work of Crira :' inals. . . :. . ' m .mu TitA;i:iii;s Aldington, , Knglnml - Air plane crash fatal to Ihrro; lit Injured. ).elirti, (icnimnT Nliietnsji killcil, five bijuivd In train wreck, . KOLKKHTONK, Kngland, Aug. i'J. (AP) The r.rltlsh air. minis fry begun an investigation of the oranh yesterday of a ' French cross-channel airplane at Alding ton, j:nglund. The accident caused the deaths of one American one Italian and one Frenchman and the Injury of 12 others In the piano. Seven of the injured pass engers were Americana The accident was the most ser ious passenger airplane tragedies that Kngland has ever experien ced. It occurred when the plane collided with a train wlhel making a forced landing during a heavy fog.1 The death list wus swelled to threfe early today when tho pilot of the airplane, M ,!) lislc, died of his Injuries. JloHloiilnii KUIcd The American killed wua Iioberl Illauey, of Boston, who has boon traveling- In JO u rope since he wus (Continued on rage 5) ' . KLAMATH FALLS MAN KILLS SELF AND WOUNDS WIFE KI.AiMATK FAU.H, Ore. Aug. II. (A I) In a mad rage.' because she refused 111 in funds lo attend the Trail-to-llall celebration In Huge lie today. Joseph l'lanz. 3'.i, shot his wife twice In the back und killed himself at I o'clock this morning In the "Yellow relican," a resort, hero. I Mima played the dt'iini In Ihe Klainalli I'allH munlelpnl liand'andi .utourolto' also denmndod that for Iwo yearn hud no oilier milnfnl ran nvusl linttion- be niiulo of mo occiiiintion, his wife said. Shu has tv(.s ot u'Ken In 'flllnn tho charges, a rail- chance for recovery. I Hcerelary of Htulu Ham A, Koisur, Thu woman, shot near Ihe spine. whom u'lten's charges woro collapsed and l'lanz, believing , r I nied, has advlBed ll'lten that ho leal H certain lurn-d Ihe gun on j wnB wlloul juiisdicltlon In the lilmself, lie inlsaed Ihe first shot I IMllll,.P because the charges had mid placed the gun lo his temple i)ot )1M,n fU(,a ,vthn days after lor me iiiuti snoi. The cuilple were tiliirrit'd l'ri sno two years ago. . Ini Munitions Plant in Virginia Explodes WASHINGTON, Aus. III. CAT) The war department has suffer ed another munitions loss from fire, this lime at I'lff Point, Va., hut nrmy oftlceis have not yet de cided whether t he flames were at a lied hy llKhtnlii as in the case of the recent explosion at Luke Denmark. N. J. rirst dispatches lust nlht lu-dh-iiled that there had hen an ex plosion and that at quantity u( small arms cartrhles were set off hut an official report loduy from Major K. W. t'hase, commnndliiR otficer of the IM Tolnt depot said ouiy u povvuer iiuiK'izioe wus mirn- "d and that no explosion occurred. Thuro were no wrlous casualties. TODAY'S GAMES All l ltH A.N i.i;ai;i i; It. II. K. 0 8 I I 5 I IIOSTON (AC) I'lileiigo Itoston Malterb-s: TllOhlas, Ciuiully and ('reuse; Wingrielil and (Jastun. riiii.Aii;i,i'iiiA (Al-) It. 11. K. Detroit I 4 I IMitlHib-ltilili. II III II Hatterles: Sloner. Mmllh and I llussler; Uruy, Willis and Coch rane, NATIONAL I At 1 1; n. II. K.j CHICAIIO ( Al') New York Chlcugo ' Hatterles: tlreenfleld .. i in ii 2 4 a ' H. I.II und! Knydcr, liartnett. Mc.Mullen; ICake und PITTHIU'ItG (AP) It. If. K. Philadelphia 3 1 'lifeet. Pittsburg 1 7 0! Houllllle was surierlpg finiu an (Ten Innings)'" I Injured leg before he started Ihe llutterlus: Carlson and Wilson; flight, llu carries crutches In the Aldildge, Siiiser and Smith. pluno for usa when he dlseniburks. Lived With I J ,,vJL UIN CHARGE IS SAID FALSE : R. Latourette, Steiwer Aide, Demands a Com- plete investigation ise Ordered.., . 1'Oliri.A.NI), Ore. AllB. 18 (Al') John K. lalourettii. trounuier of tlio Blnltt-hV-Kor-simnlor oonimllt llimoillictMl 'horo that ll hail usknd Jnlui CatBon, dlntrlKl hltoincy of .Marlon county, to nialiii n ihorouith Invi-BtlBiiHon . of charsea inuilu liy W. K. ll'Hen. of I'ortlund, Olfnlnst lilnmnlf ami : Krfderlck Hti'lwer, ri'p'ihllcan nnmlnen for If. fl. senator, that curtain campaign i xprnilllUH's wuro not reported as required ly law. I.iiloiirette, In n li tter to Carson ih-tiiiriHl thai a aliitumcnt of I. 'hilrH-H K. Henshnw, upon which r'lteirs chaiuea worn based, that II. nshavv had received from tho Htelwer orBiinlzallon $i30 which were not nccoumea ur in nimwer l-reporl, wua a "malicious faloc- the expense report wus riled. Ijitourettn questioned tluv vali dity of vouchem offered by Hen shitw lo support his report that he had expended money in hehulf of ".e.wc, (n made as to mo source 01 mo yu low ticket" which figured In tho campaign. hutouretlo declared that neither he nor Htelwer knew of tho "yellow ticket" until It was in circulation. ' Valentino, Past Crisia, Is on Way to Recovery NK WYOHK, Aug. 1. Ar')- Kudolph Vulentlno, movie netor, hu parsed the most critical period of m,,,.,, lia physicians un . no,ini.,.,i today I "Mr. Valentino Is piaklng satis factory progress," suid the bulle , tin. "Having passed his most crit ical period, no further bulletins will 'be Issued unless some unexpected development occurs." The localized attack of perllon ; Ills which followed a. double opera tion for gastrin ulcer und appen dicitis In Polyclinic hospital on ;Hiinduy. apparently made little 'headway. The crisis In such cases , usiiulty Is passed In three days. Crippled Aviator on KiOO-Milc Air Journey ANTOKAOAHTA, Chile. Aug. 15. (API l.leutenunl James II. l)oo lltlle. nn Amerieun uvlulor who started yeslerdiiy on a KHiO-mlle flight from HiinlliiKO tn l.a Pus. Hollvla. landed here during the ,.,-,.,". .U,..-..o... mill's from Knnllsgo. On his next Jump In the small Curlls one-seater plane In wljlrh lid Is traveling, Doollltle will Have lo cross Ihe Anles mountains. which rise io nn uiiiiuue in i;i,uun 144 Cats Aftw iiriiililwrH of AfnAip ZHtU Irr In Ni'Hxul, Ky., Iiml com plalni'd, hcallli ottiifrs dcwriHl- . oil on her house .shovii nbovr) nntl foiuul htn living tn ono room with III vats. They killed I I of Uw ciitH on the HMtt sint Mrs. '.eliller (nt left) m tho hospital For observation, anil are making; nrraiiKimacntH to illsno-o of tho miialuiiiK 100. Bulletins IIA.MIII'OV. ., Aiur. 10 (Al'). Iliitler oiltity'H first flood cas ualty oci'iirml today wheit Mi's. John lOfeliler was drowned In Sullivan creek, near here. I1'.S MDI.NF.S, la., Aug. 10 (Al') Reappointment of .lame J. Murphy, of Washington, I. C, as fiuartcimnsler givtcrnl f tlw Hnan- ish-Amerlean War veterans whm auuowKed hero today tiy 1'nlUnl stales Sciiattir- ltleo W:- Meuiis, of XVlorudo, tluv orgiuiluii Ion's new' ly elecled comimuidcr-ln-chlcr. v IDHLiST lllLfS, N. Y., Aug. tB (AIM. t- Mi's, (ieorgo W. Wight nuui, of Itoston, ohaniplon of tho courts 17 years ago, was elimin ated from tho women'A national Ctvuils vliamplonshlp today artcr u stirring two set struggle against Mrs. Alfred 11. I'lmpln Jr., of Sprlngflclil, .Muss, fl-4, -l. I.OS A.Vr.KI.FS, Aug. 10 (Al) KuiiMirs in film circles of the cng.agemeut of .Mary As tor, )le tliro slar. to Irving Aslier, offi cial of tho I'lrst Katloiutl btudiO'l, wero accepted as Iran today In the ahscnoo or any denial. It was understood tho weddlng would take plneo in Docvmbor, KVANOKIilST TO SI'EAK Dr. J. 1j. Thompson, evangelist of Kansas c.'lly, Mo., will apeak al .the' Oeiitiml church ot Christ this evening at 7:46 o'clock. Dr. Thompson Is making a lour of Oregon and expresses himself as being delighted with tho scenery around l.n Orande. He will go to Wallowa, from here, where he will speak Sunday. Ho will also visit Wallowa lake whllo In that vicinity. 13r. Thompson Is well known In Kansas city, having succeeded Harold Hell Wright, novelist, in the pulpit of the Korest avenue Christian church there. Pageant Klatawa Ushers In Trail-To-Rail Celebration KITSMNK. Ore. Aug. 19. (AP) Ilefore (1,000 people tho pageant Klatawa, a pageant of motion, transportation and Ihn historical episodes dealing with the advance or civilisation, was presented at Iliiyward Held hero last evening, us a feature of the Trall-to-Hnil celebrntlnii commemorating the completion of the Natron cul-orr line or Hi" Hiiuthern Pacific rail road. The pageant will be repeal ed tonight und tiimorow night. The Trull-to-Hall ceremonies yesterday urternoon when Miss Kathleen Powell us (Jin-en Kus iinnii. belle or Ihe trail, was met at the Krilllliein PlH'IMc depot by the KliKiii" Kadlalois. and was Inter Introduced nt a public reception. More than 11,000 Hlteiiilid llu. re - ceptlon. tu-t'ti Crowned . In the evening the coronutlml of Queen Husunna mnrUed the open ing of Ihe feallVllles the ptlgeiint rollowlng. This morning the pio neer intrude, with more than 111 rnlrleH IIbi-i! will be held. Willniii- etie sti I, the main business thoroughfare of the rlly lias uern eliiborstely derorated, anil all cats are being kept off Ihe streets until uMer the parade. The line or march Is expected to extend rr mlli s and I lie parade Is to lust for inure than two hours. The Concord stage roach from Hacruineiito arrived last night drawn by a span or six horses. V.. J. McClamihiin, who drove tho Portland-Hun Kianclsco slngo In 1S09, will drive the couch and E APPEALSTD Catholic Church Asks the President f oi' Modifi cation of Laws, CHIEF OP MEXICO TO REMAIN FIRM Hopeless Deadlock Seems Unlikely to Be Broken Business Men Hurt by Boycott. . MEXICO CITY, Aug. U (AP). Mexican business men. them selves mostly Itoman Catholics have proposed tq the government and the Catholic episcopate that ; a conference be hold for the ad- . Justment of the present religious controversy. ,' ,' .' ., At the same time, tho episco pate, Tor the first time since the religious difficulties arose, If not tho first time In Mexican history, has aifdrcased a direct petition to The president of the republic. Church Enters I'lea, The episcopate.1 which has of ten expressed Its determination never to accept the present regu lations, has sent a fetter to Presi dent Callea, .who has frequently and even more vigorously declar- cd ho will never -withdraw ther.i. This letter asks him to suspend the regulations, to give the church Its "freedom" and to modify the religious clauaes of the constitu tion radically, doclarlng that only thus can bo settled, the old re ligious struggle, ..'. -' r Tho president's offloo so far hus declined official comment on these proposals tor-peace, out source close to the government- expreffl certainty that President Callea will not - alter , uw , pa suiiuin. elared that tho only solution oi tho controversy Is for the Catho lic church to obey the constitu tion and the laws. Church dlgnl tarles, . however, , say, that the (Continued on Page 6) . REBELS ATTEMPT TO GAIN CONTROL OF NICARAGUA WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (AP) Tho Nlcaraguan government Is mohlllxlng and despatching troops "all over tho country" to auprcss revolutionary outbreaks Lawrence Dennis, American charge at Mana gua, advised the state department today. Mr. Dennis reported that revolu tions had broken out apparently In Leon, Chlnadega and Corlnto and In bordering communities. - All telegraph wlrea have been cut and railway, operations havo como to a stop. Stato department offlolals hove not yet received tho reported re quest for American gunboat pro tection ut Blueflelds. If precau tionary measures are found noces sary for protection of American lives ond property, however, ade quate action will bo taken. horHCB In the parado, Eira Meeker, patriarch of tho Oregon Troll, will also have a prominent part In tho parade. l,ast night ho drove nn ox team In tho pageant Klatawa. 1'loneors Participate Mrs. Mary Klllott, pioneer of 1841, dowager queen of the cele brullon; Mrs. Melvlna Miller, 100, of Cottage Grove, and J. J. Poill, 9, of Kugene are among the pio neers who will be In tho march to day. . . , Kallhead, a miniature city, open ed today In Concession park. l-'ollovving tho parado a pioneer barbecue will be held ut the fair grounds In honor of K.ra Meeker. Judging of whiskers which Urn men of the city have been nursing jr. be past few weeks, will be an other feature of the day, wild a prise of a riuor for Ihe whiskered winner. ' I I) lug Urrus Drum corps of tho state will compete this afternoon In a special event. A flying circus from Pear- be another event, ( 1I1U concerts adding to tin restlvlllea. KI.AMATll PA1.1A Ore. Aug 19. (AP) Hhrloklng of whistles a 7 o'clock this morning proclaims to Ihe world Ihe Blurt or the ftrt official pasenger train over Ih newly-iompleted Nutrou cut-of when a special trnlli carryln about 160 local residents left fi Uugene to atend the Trall-to-ltul celebration. i f '.''